XXVI Sunday in Ordinary Time September 25, 2016

ST. PIUS X PARISH

13670 E. 13th Place, Aurora, CO, 80011 Office: 303-364-7435 Fax: 303-340-0122 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5:00 pm

STPIUSXPARISH.ORG & STPIUSXSCHOOL.NET School: 303-364-6515

Cross Catholic Outreach believes that true change comes from within. Their mission states that, “Physical change is not complete without sharing the Gospel. In order to break the cycle of poverty, we must first start with the heart. This refers to the active combination of word and deed, integral development. We must share the hope and good news of the Gospel alongside our social work in order to see the Holy Spirit’s transformative power. Neither side of our min-istry is complete without the other. We must address both to see a true transformation and to end the plague of extreme poverty.”

Cross Catholic Outreach serves the poorest of the poor internationally by channeling aid through dioceses, parishes, and Catholic missionaries, cost-effectively helping the poor break the cycle of poverty while advancing Catholic evangelization. They serve the needy through-out the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Projects include relief for earthquake, flood and tsunami victims, care and education for or-phans and other vulnerable children, housing for the homeless, medicines and health care of the indigent, food for families suffering extreme malnutrition, and clean water for communi-ties that have none, as well as micro-enterprise programs and other long-term development ef-forts to break the cycle of poverty.

This weekend we welcome Father Carlos Chavez of Cross Catholic Outreach who is speaking at all the Masses on behalf of the poor in developing countries. Father Chavez is a native New Mexican born in Socorro. He was ordained to the priesthood at St. Francis Cathedral, Santé Fe, New Mexico July 25, 1984. Because of the blessing of his grandmother, who taught him early on to be mindful of the poor and needy, he was called to the priesthood at the age of sev-enteen.

Saturday: 5:00 p.m. English Anticipatory 7:00 p.m. en Español

Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 11:00 a.m. English 1:00 p.m. Español

Daily Mass Monday through Friday at 8:00 a.m.

Holy Days 7:00 p.m. Anticipatory, Bilingual

8:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Confessions Wednesday 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Silent Adoration Wednesday 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Holy Hour 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the Month

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Spanish 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the Month

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - English

4th Wednesday of the Month 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Youth Holy Hour

PASTOR Jorge Agüera (ext. 111) father.jorge@stpiusxparish.org

PAROCHIAL VICAR Albert Berkmans (ext. 112) Fr. Albert@stpiusxparish.org

DEACONS D. Jim Blume / Deaconjim@stpiusxparish.org D. Al Sandoval D. Gregory Martin/Retired

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Connor O’Shea (ext. 116) Connor@stpiusxparish.org

YOUTH MINISTRY Liliana Almanza-Raya (720) 449-3147 Lili@stpiusxparish.org

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR

Sonia Hinojosa (303) 364-1822 Sonia@stpiusxparish.org

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Doris Williams (ext. 115) Doris@stpiusxparish.org

OFFICE SECRETARY Neyda Navarrete (ext. 114) Neyda@stpiusxparish.org SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Eileen Michalczyk

PARISH STAFF

MASS SCHEDULE

MASS INTENTIONS

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL We pray for all those who are sick or

in need of our prayers:

Becky Burgess, Darlene Giardina, Mavis Wishcop, Helen Zajac, Israel Hernandez, Peggy Graves, Bill Johnson, Deacon Jim, Annetta Johnson, Barbara Nordbye, Richard Fanning, Marvin Martinez, Chuck Jordan, John Ditrik, George Walker, Betty Vonderharr, Gabby Maya, Jeannie Fox, Tommy Row, Deacon Dusty, Florence Montoya, Rachel and Francis Grigsby, Brent Jacobson, Kay Reuter, Mary Ann Cromwell, Wallace Rudolph, Tony Colbruno, Bryan and Dennis Ipson, Fumiko Alonzo, Leon Zimmer-man, Arlys Rye, Brent Jacobsen, Wilma Maresh, Harold (Hank) Kisner, John Vrtis husband of Beatrice Vrtis, Rose Maestas daughter of Nick & Phyllis Maestas, Michael Wahlert, Tammy Irvin, Reagan Carpenter, Rose Sanchez, Joe Montoya husband of Florence Montoya, Evelyn Du-ran, Joan Jacobs, Cindy Thomas, Ron Sanchez.

Martha Jean Hauser

PRAY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED

Saturday, September 24, 2016 5:00 Bennie Fox † By Jeanne Fox

Sunday, September 25, 2016 7:30 Evelyn Montgomery † By John & Mary Montgomery 9:00 For the Parishioners By St. Pius X Parish 11:00 Mary & Willie Barela † By Nick & Phyllis Maestas

Monday, September 26, 2016 8:00 J.R. Jones † By Don & Jeaneel Lovelace

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 8:00

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 8:00 Helen Kish † By Lizbeth Johnson

Thursday, September 29, 2016 8:00 Bill Simoneau Jr. † By Bill Simoneau and Family

Friday, September 30, 2016 8:00 Georgiana Simoneau † By Bill Simoneau and Family

Saturday, October 1, 2016 5:00 Helen Kish † By Nancy & Eldon

Sunday, October 2, 2016 7:30 Eufemia Queddeng † By Queddeng Family 9:00 For the Parishioners By St. Pius X Parish 11:00 Martha Jean Hauser † By Her Family

ANNOUNCEMENTS

BAPTISM PREPARATION

Preparing for baptism is an important part of the Sacrament of baptism. Deacon Al will offer preparation on Saturday, October 22nd, at 10:00 a.m. in the Family Life Center. If you are planning a baptism in the near future please plan on attending this class. This class is required for parents and godparents.

COFFEE AND DONUTS

Coffee and Donuts will be served in the church basement following the 7:30 and 9:00 a.m. Masses on Sunday

WWWEDNESDAYSEDNESDAYSEDNESDAYS Silent AdorationSilent AdorationSilent Adoration

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Holy HourHoly HourHoly Hour 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

2nd & 4th Wednesday - English

You are invited to a time of prayer in front of the Holy Eucharist

AAAdoration doration doration of the of the of the Most Blessed SacramentMost Blessed SacramentMost Blessed Sacrament

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

MON. Jb 1:6-22; Ps 17:1bcd-3, 6-7; Lk 9:46-50

TUE. Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Ps 88:2-8; Lk 9:51-56

WED. Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10bc-15; Lk 9:57-62

THURS. Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; Jn 1:47-51

FRI. Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-10, 13-14ab; Lk 10:13-16

SAT. Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130; Lk 10:17-24

SUN. Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Ps 95:1-2, 6-9; 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10

THE SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING September 29th at 8:00 a.m.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is administered to any member of the Catholic faithful in danger due to illness, injury, or is suffering from a decline due to advanced age. If any of these circumstances apply, you are encouraged to receive this Sacrament.

Our 8th graders and their chaperones had a wonderful trip to the Saint John Paul II Outdoor Lab this week! They en-joyed spending time in God’s creation hiking, fishing, playing games, maneuvering rope courses, attending adoration and Confession. We are having a family bowling night on Sunday, Oct. 2nd, and we would love to have you join us! From 5-8 p.m. at AMF Aurora Lanes (Buckley and Mississippi), we will be bowling and having fun! The cost is $20 per bowler which includes bowling, shoe rental, and prizes. Food is available for purchase. A portion of the pro-ceeds will go towards paying for the 8th grade trip. Please contact Eileen Michalczyk at 303-364-6515 to get regis-tered. Bring the whole family!

Oct 1 9 Health Fair

Oct 2 8 Grade Bowling Fundraiser

Oct 9 Food Sale

Oct 28 Hallowing Party

ST PIUS X UPCOMING EVENTS

ALTAR FLOWER DEDICATION

Share your special dates with St. Pius parish-ioners and at the same time help us beautify our altar. Parishioners may devote altar flowers as memorials to remember that special birth-day or anniversary, or to honor a loved one whether living or deceased The intention will be presented in the bulletin. Call the parish office if you would like to place an order.

SCHOOL NEWS

ST. PIUS X YOUTH MINISTRY

MARRIAGE & FAMILY The Gospel tells us: "The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones." God has entrusted your spouse to your care. Are you trustworthy in that care? The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is:

November 4-6, Best Western Dillon

For more information, please visit http://northerncolorado-wwme.org Questions? Feel free to contact Brenda & Gary Granger: 303.604.6202, applications@northerncolorado-wwme.org

DONATIONS FOR THE POOR

Did you know that our parish’ St. Vincent de Paul Society provides Financial Aid and Food Certificates to families in need in this area (thanks to your support). We have an active St. Vincent de Paul Minis-try Please consider your donation as part of your weekly worship and stewardship experience. You can place your offering in the Sunday offertory or you can take it to the parish office

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Sonia Hinojosa

Office Hours Monday & Thursday

5:00pm-7:00pm

Saturday 9:00am – 12:00pm

RE Office number 303.364.1822 - The office is located at the school

room #5

(we have limited office hours so please leave a voicemail with name and number

and we will call you back) Attention all high school youth 9th-12th grades!!!!!:

You are all invited to youth group every Sunday. Come grow in friendship with others and with Christ.

Where: St. Therese youth room Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

SOCIAL MINISTRIES

THE DELORES PROJECT

Jesus calls us to be like him, especially when it comes to service and I am proud to be part of a parish that is committed to meeting the needs of its community! Here at St. Pius the X Parish, we have many op-portunities to serve.

A vital ministry to become involved in is, The Delores Project. The Delores Pro-ject provides safe, comfortable shelter, per-sonalized services and meals for homeless women. The meals that the shelter provides come solely from donations. Basically this means that if the food is not donated the women don't eat! Fortunately, because of the generous donations from our parishion-ers, the Delores Project has been able to depend on St. Pius, to provide a meal for more than 75 homeless women, every 3rd Thursday of the month, September - May, for more than a decade! Thank You, to all of our past and present supporters! and to those of you that want to make a positive contribution to our community please volunteer. The need is great and your donations go directly to the homeless. We need people to prepare food and bring it to the church office and drivers to deliver the meal to the Delores Project.

9 HEALTH FAIR - OCT 1st

St Pius X is hosting the 9 Health Fair on Saturday Oct 1. We are in need of non-medical volunteers and Spanish interpreters. If you can volunteer on Oct 1 from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm please call Cin-dy Pfluger 720-363-0226 or Adela Cota-Gomez 720-261-1787 or you can sign up at 9HealthFair.org.

THE PATH TO THE NEW EVANGELIZATION

“We urge those Catholic officials who choose to depart from Church teaching on the inviolability of human life in their public life to consider the consequences for their own spiritual wellbeing, as well as the scandal they risk by leading others into serious sin. We call on them to reflect on the grave contradiction of assuming public roles and presenting them-selves as credible Catholics when their actions on fundamental issues of human life are not in agreement with Church teaching. No public offi-cial, especially one claiming to be a faithful and serious Catholic, can responsibly advocate for or actively support direct attacks on innocent human life… However, no appeal to policy, procedure, majority will or pluralism ever excuses a public official from defending life to the great-est extent possible. As is true of leaders in all walks of life, no political leader can evade accountability for his or her exercise of power (Evangelium Vitae, 73-4). Those who justify their inaction on the grounds that abortion is the law of the land need to recognize that there is a higher law, the law of God. No human law can validly contradict the Commandment: "Thou shalt not kill."

Catholic Bishops of the United States

SOUP KITCHEN OCTOBER 14th

Friday, October 14th is a Soup Kitchen Friday where our volunteers travel to downtown Denver

to serve the evening meal at the St. Francis Center (2323 Curtis St.). We still need new volunteers as we continue to be a few volunteers short of late! All are welcome. You could meet us at the 2323 Curtis St. location. For more information or directions call the Parish Office.

CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS The Blessing of the Animals

This year's pet blessing by the Deacon’s will be held on October 2nd after the 9 & 11 a.m Masses in the parish parking lot.

FOOD SALE!!

St. Pius has limited space and we are in need of additional meeting rooms. We have been looking at a room divider as an addition to the church basement. The room divider would allow us to close off part of the basement and use the base-ment as two separate meeting rooms or open up the divider and use it as one large meeting room. If you wish to help raise money for this project, there will be a food sale on Sunday October 9th after all of the Masses. All the pro-ceeds from the food sale will be used to pay for the room divider. Please come enjoy some wonderful food and support this project! Thank you for your generosity.

ALTAR SERVER TRAINING

We are in need of additional altar serv-ers. Training for new altar servers will be held in the church.

Monday, October 3rd at 7:00 p.m.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTER AND LECTOR TRAINING

Training for new Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors will be held in the church.

Monday, October 17th at 7:00 p.m.